On Second Thought Ep. 319: ESPN’s Dusty Dvoracek on Texas-Washington, Michael MacCambridge on his new book about America and sports in the 1970s

07/12/2023 1h 0min
On Second Thought Ep. 319: ESPN’s Dusty Dvoracek on Texas-Washington, Michael MacCambridge on his new book about America and sports in the 1970s

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Dusty Dvoracek has worked four Texas games this season so who better to break down the Sugar Bowl than ESPN game analyst?Dvoracek, a former all-Big 12 performer at Oklahoma, joins the On Second Thought podcast to break down how Texas will deal with Washington’s explosive quarterback Michael Penix Jr. — a Heisman Trophy finalist — and will also answer the biggest question surrounding the past weekend: did the College Football Playoff selection committee pick the right four teams for the national semifinals?Acclaimed author Michael MacCambridge stops by to discuss his latest book: The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America. MacCambridge analyzes the biggest stories of that decade, including Muhammad Ali’s epic 1971 showdown with Joe Frazier, Billie Jean King’s 1973 win over Bobby Riggs in the famed Battle of the Sexes and the subsequent rise of Title IX in America.
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